FOOD STUFF; OFF THE MENU

By Florence Fabricant

Published: March 30, 2005

CORRECTION APPENDED

GORDON RAMSAY, the only Michelin three-star chef in London, plans to open a 100-seat restaurant and a casual cafe in the RIHGA ROYAL HOTEL on West 54th Street in about a year, said CHRIS HUTCHESON, the chairman of Gordon Ramsay Holdings. The Blackstone Group, which is buying the hotel, knows Mr. Ramsay well: it previously owned the Savoy Group in London, once the owner of hotels with restaurants run by Mr. Ramsay. Mr. Hutcheson said that NEIL FERGUSON, the head chef of the restaurants at the Connaught in London, which are Ramsay operations, will move to New York for the new restaurants.

CENOBIO CANALIZO, right, a native of Puebla, Mexico, has found jobs for eight members of his family at the Glazier Group's restaurants, including Strip House, where he is the sous-chef. Mr. Canalizo has now taken over what was Pearson's Texas BBQ, at 71-04 35th Avenue in Jackson Heights, Queens, in the back of Legends Sports Bar. He has changed the name to the RANGER TEXAS BARBECUE AT LEGENDS and has hired ANGEL DOMINGUES, who was Pearson's pit master for 12 years. The menu -- pork shoulder, brisket, short ribs and chili -- does not hint at Mr. Canalizo's roots: (718)779-6948.

Chefs on the Move: FRANCESCO BERARDINELLI, from Florence, Italy, has been tapped by ALAIN DUCASSE to be the chef at MIX IN NEW YORK, renamed FRANCESCO AT MIX, 68 West 58th Street, with an Italian menu. The new executive chef at the ''21'' CLUB is STEPHEN TROJAHN, who has worked at Ritz-Carlton hotels. He takes over the kitchen that ERIK BLAUBERG left in October. PATRICIA WILLIAMS will be the chef at the new uptown branch of MAROONS, to open in June at 300 West 145th Street.

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Correction: April 6, 2005, Wednesday
A report in the Off the Menu column last Wednesday about the opening of Ranger Texas Barbecue at Legends in Jackson Heights, Queens, misstated the title held by its owner, Cenobio Canalizo, at another restaurant, Strip House. He is the chef de cuisine, not the sous-chef.